Improvement in mowing and reaping machines



W. BURGESS. Mowing and Reapng Machine.

Patented Sept. 18, i855.

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No. 13,565. Patented Sept. 18, 1855.

UNITED STATES VILLIAM BURGESS, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN MOWING AND REAPING MACHINES.

Specification forming-part of Letters Patent No. H3565, dated September 18, 1855.

To all whom it' may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM BURGEss, of the rm of Burgess 8L Key, of Newgate street, in the city of London, agricultural engineers, have invented an Improvementin or Addition to Reaping and Mowing Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and tothe ligures and letters thereon.

My invention consists in the employment or adaptation ot' one or more Archimedean screws tothe platform or other convenientpart ofreap ing and mowing machines for the purpose of delivering the cut crop to the side of the machine or to remove it therefrom, motion being communicated to such screws from some runningpart or partsot' such machine. In the annexed drawings I have shown screws so iitted as to deliver the cut crop olf the side of the machine.

Figure l ot' the dxawings annexed is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 a plan, of a reaping-machine, lo the platform of which three Archimedean screws, A A' A2, are tted.

B B are side frames, bolted or otherwise fastened to the platform, in which side frames are bearings for the axes of the screws. rIhe screw A is driven by a strap from a rigger, O, at'- tixed on or driven by some ruiming part ofthe machine. rIhe screw A receives motion from a band and rigger, D, mounted on the -axis of the screw A, while the screw A2 receives m0- tion from a band which works over a rigger, E, mounted on its axis, and over the rigger D. On the shaft of the screw A, I lit a conical guard, F, to assist in laying the cutcrop. On

I the reaper being set to work, the crop will be directed onto the platform by the reel, when the screws will deliver it oft' from the machine.

Although I have shown the platform provided with three screws, I do not limit myselfI obtained from the screw A2 being longer than the others, I have so shown it in myalrawings; yetfor some description ot' crops and from some particular circumstances it may not be found necessary to adopt this construction. Therefore I do not limit myself tothe precise proportions shown. A

I am aware that a spiral or screw has been employed for the purpose of clearing the track in order that the wheels may operate upon the ground, and I make no claim to such a device; but

l do claim as my improvement in or addition to reaping and mowing machines- Combining theArchimedean screws with the platform thereof for the purpose of delivering the cut crop off from the same, substantially in the manner as described.

In witness whereof I, the said WILLIAM BURGEss, have hereunto set my hand this 17th day ot' April, 1855.

WM. BURGESS.

Witnesses:

ALFRED LoNGsDoN, MIcHAEL HENRY,

Bot/L of 166 Fleet Street, London. 

